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110,005,063. Patented M ya, 1898.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB W. PAULEN, OF WILLIAMSVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO G. G. COUNCIL, OESAMEPLACE.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,063, dated May 31', 1898.

Application filed March 19, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, JACOB W. PAULEN, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Williamsville, in the county of Sangamon,-

State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the fixtures used in hanging and controlling farm-gates, such as are hung at the middle of the gate to the end of a swinging frame, and provides a way by which the gate may be raised or lowered in a safe and quick manner.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying' drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a general view of a gate with my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view across the gate near the middle and shows the side view of my invention. Fig. 3 is an isometric view of my invention omitting the pintle-rod, so as to obtain a better view of the spring. 1

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures. 1

My invention consists of a clevis A, which is secured to the gateat or near the middle of the latter by the bolt B; the spring 0, se cured to A at one end and the other resting against the pintle-rod D, and the pintle-rod D at the end of the swinging frame and in which are out several slots or notches E E.

4 The clevis A moves loosely on the pintle-rod ataa.

D, the latter passing through the'holes in A The lower end of the spring C is notched or forked at o and straddles the pintle-rod as A is moved upon D, and the sides of the fork at cfall into the notches E E whenever they are reached in the movement of 0 up or down on D. The clevis A and the gate to which it is attached are thus I held at any desired height-by the spring 0 resting in the notches E E, according to the'several posi- Serial No. 674,483. (No model.)

slightly rounded on their upper sides, so that spring 0 may be forced out of them without difficulty, butare square on their lower edges, so that the gate will be firmly held up in place when 0 falls into E.

In ordinary service one end of the gate is grasped when in position, as shown in Fig; 1, and lifted firmly up till spring 0 falls into the notch E at the height desired. The gate is then brought to a horizontal position by hearing downon the same end, the gate turning in its vertical movement on bolt B as a pivot. To lower the gate, it is grasped near the center and pressed lightly upward till the spring 0 is partly relieved, and by the finger applied to C it is forced out of the notch E and the gate allowed to descend.

I am aware that there are inventions by' which farm-gates hung on a swinging frame are raised and lowered by a ratchet and lever or by a pintle-rod and clamp or pin. I do not, therefore, make my claim broadly; but

.What I do consider as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a gate; a swinging frame to which the gate is attached, and which has a vertical notched pintle-rod at its outer end; a clevis engaging on the pintle-rod affording both a vertical and a horizontal movement, and connected to the gate, and thus attaching the gate to the swinging frame; a spring attached to the clevis, its unattached end forked and straddling the pintle-rod and pressing against said rod and adjusted to fit into the notches on the pintle-rod substantially as and for the purposes described and set forth.

JACOB W. PAULEN. In presence of-- S. A. BULLARD, R0131. A. BULLARD.

tions of E 'E on D. The notches E E are 

